Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:30:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: keith Spencer <bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding serial ports..tricky? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971125102838.17289G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711250135.LAA08108@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, keith Spencer wrote: > I wish to add a couple of extra serial ports...my tech man says > simply put a another super I/O board in and disable the drive bits. > But he is unsure that it is that simple in FBsd UNIX. I know I'd have > to re-build the KERNEL but is the hardware addition simply as he > suggests?...any knowledge out there...Thanks Unfortunately in the FreeBSD universe you must have unique settings for those ports, which can be difficult if you have other devices installed. If you're looking to add more than two and have lots of devices installed, you may want to look into the shared IRQ serial boards. There are several cheap ones available and FreeBSD supports them nicely. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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